best restaurants from POP to cabarete

ddoran · #1 01-04-2009, 05:28 PM

need recommendations on best north coast places
will be staying in POP in March and want to try all the best restaurants on the north coast
first stayed here at koch's cottages in sosua in 1979!
very nice before it was developed
thanks for any ideas can be from a fritura to an elegant place
just want places that are special
thanks
david

Olly · #2 01-04-2009, 07:10 PM

Hi David,

David,

For the Sosua area you might want to look at : Sosúa-News - Restaurant Guide

This gives you a good run down of some of the restaurants.

For further afield but with less detail try :

Dominican Republic Food Guide Restaurants Review Your Restaurant Guide

Both are fairly current and updated from time to time.

HTH

Olly

The Virginian · #3 01-05-2009, 07:39 AM

Believe it or not you might try Eddie's Sports Bar in Sosua. They have hired a new cook and the food is very good. The price is very reasonable also. This cook is only working during the evening hours 5 til ?.

leehall · #4 01-05-2009, 08:27 PM

Papi's on Playa Cabarete! Best shrimp in Papi's special garlic, misc alcohol & cream sauce. Being on the beach, the atmosphere is A1

Bklynny · #5 03-21-2009, 08:13 PM

There has been so much written about restaurants on the North Coast over the years.

Below is a compliation of a number of posts I've come across regarding restaurants in POP/Sosua/Cabarete area. Many are old posts though. Can someone that's currently in the DR update us on which of these places (if any) are no longer open, have gotten better/worse, prices, etc??? Any info is most welcome!!

POP

"Sonrisa on 27th de Augusto. Large portions of excellent Dominican fare at very reasonable prices. Cute waitresses too! Best arroz moro I've ever had. Excellent chivo and/or pollo guisado."

Sosua

Bailey's..... - Excellent food, great sallad bar included, reasonable prices and good service. The bar is also good. This restaurant is the most popular place in Sosua without any competition....awesome pina coladas and ice cream, reasonably priced dinner menu with lots of choices definitely good for a dinner....... Located infront of the copycenter, very close to Banco Popular, and across the street from Bar Cest'lavie.

Scandinavian Bar:..... The Scandanavian Bar on the beach...at around #150 I think........ is a great place for burgers and kabobs.....This Tom fellow really seems to have a wonderful following....has been rebuilt and is better than ever. I had lunch there about two weeks ago. I ordered the bratwurst. It was so huge I thought he might have cut it off a donkey.

Rocky's:.......The best food again for me has to be Rocky's.....no matter what you have from breakfast to dinner, it's always great and reasonably priced.......awesome food at a good price...... had most of my breakfast's at Rocky's, yeah sometimes the wait can be long, and all the coffe urns are empty, but they still put out one decent breakfast. The omelets are great. I'll be back.
Also try the club sandwich.....excellent

Brittiana:........, a really great breakfast there also. Great food to be had on the beach, .

Maura Mai - ate there MANY times almost daily sometimes for dinner. food was quite good and it has a nice atmosphere.

Shark Bar - great american style food. only visited it on the beach so far but i would imagine the food will be just as good on the strip.

Beach food - My favorite afternoon spot on the beach is casita 67. The guy has awesome fish and his home made pina coladas out of a pineapple are insane.

Susana's: (don't know where this is or type of food/prices)

Maui Mia:.....location????

Hermans beach bar "Siempre Sol" #145, great place to hang in the afternoon and great food.

Pedro McMurphy's:....... and had lunch there twice. Thought the food was great, prices very reasonable and nice atmosphere.

Cabarete:

Papi's on Playa Cabarete! Best shrimp in Papi's special garlic, misc alcohol & cream sauce. Being on the beach, the atmosphere is A1

Las Brisas:......, on the beach. Excellent food, especially seafood. I've had shrimp there a few times and it's wonderful and reasonably priced. The service was above average and the view is great.

Casa del Pescador:.......food there is well worth it........is a proper restaurant, serving high quality food.... prices... the surf & turf is about RD$750 (about £12.50 or US$25) and is excellent.

York Chippy: A fish & chip shop, run by a couple from York, in England. It was good!

Onno's:...... "When I went to Onno's I really wanted to give it a good review, I have had many good times in this bar.......The last time I visited Cabarete (Sept '07) I noticed a deterioration in the service. Earlier this trip (Jan '08) I actually sat at a table for about ten minutes. The waitress eventually appeared, cleared the table next to mine. I naturally assumed she'd be coming straight back to the thirsty, hungry customer. So when she leant against the bar and started chatting to the bar staff, I stood up and left. Clearly the only way I'd get service that night was if I got up and helped myself. ...... the food was excellent.............I don't recall ever having a bad meal there. But again the service was patchy...... .. Onno's has a wide and varied selection of food available. The happy hour menu is largely half price tappas........ Onnos half price on a lot of different dishes between 5 and 7. 120 -170 for big tapas.........Half price on drinks between 6 and 8. I think a cuba libre is 45. I drink mojitos or frozen vodka lemonade and they are 70-80.........
Then at 9 pitcher hour.... a pitcher of mojitos 270 (6-8 drinks)....

Pomodoro's:......location???????.... I love the calzone pizza that they do there. A calzone is a large folded pizza and I'm generally drawn to the chicken which is never short of delicious! On this last trip I ate with three other people who all agreed that their pizza was perfect. The service is unhurried but in a 'nice way', you aren't left feeling neglected but not under pressure either. There is ample room to sit on the beach under the marquee or you can sit inside. I usually visit Cabarete during the British winter time, so I always tend to sit outside and relax, reminding myself of the weather back home as I sit on the beach. On this occasion, we paid about RD$500 which included drinks and a tip, as well as more pizza than we could finish, so while not the cheapest on the beach, it is good value still

Ali's Surf Camp: ..............For good food at a more reasonable price, try Ali's surf camp in ProCab (good ribs, steak, thai curry chicken & more)..

Bayerischer Hof: down the dirt road across from the western entrance to Ocean Dream Plaza........type of food???? prices????......,

Sandro's:.......location? prices? type of food?

Casanova's:.......same as above

Feel free to add any others.........

By the way.....El Manguito in POP is delicious and reasonably priced. Ate there a few times in February.....it's one of my favorite places for dinner.....

Also.....I was asking on another post....has anyone eaten at La Esquina in POP? I've passed it a number of times and it looks very cute, but haven't eaten there at all. Wondering what people think of it, menu selection, prices, etc.....

Tamborista · #6 03-21-2009, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bklynny

There has been so much written about restaurants on the North Coast over the years.

Below is a compliation of a number of posts I've come across regarding restaurants in POP/Sosua/Cabarete area. Many are old posts though. Can someone that's currently in the DR update us on which of these places (if any) are no longer open, have gotten better/worse, prices, etc??? Any info is most welcome!!

What purpose does it serve cutting and pasting 3 year old reviews?

At least use the quote function, so we know who wrote the review, whatever...

Bklynny · #7 03-21-2009, 08:56 PM

Sorry about that....I was just basically trying to find out if some of those places even exist anymore....didn't mean any harm

colmcb · #8 03-22-2009, 03:05 PM

I think the question is valid - there HAS indeed been a lot written on the subject of restaurants but, as happens everywhere, restaurants come and go, menus change, personnel changes, and prices go up.

I think the person who responded with "why bother to cut and paste" missed the point... some of those posts are old as I've seen them too and bklynny was asking if these restaurants still exists, has the food/service/prices remained the same, etc...

It's not a matter of who wrote the original posts - who cares who wrote them actually - even their opinions may have changed since the original post - this is supposed to be a place where people share information isn't it?

Now, as for my input on the actual question, I haven't been back to the area in about 7 months, so things could have changed but for what it's worth

Rocky's - love it - never had a bad thing to say about it.
Il Pomodoro is good too - the pizza is delicious
Bailey's - ate there one time and it was good. Good atmosphere too

El Manguito - I eat there on every visit - menu is varied, prices are reasonable and the food is good

As for the others, I can't give a reasonable response as I haven't been in them for a long time or not at all. However, I too would like to hear what others have to say.

Linda Stapleton · #9 03-29-2009, 10:00 PM

We don't eat out much so when we do it has to be worth the trouble. I think these are all good.

Tropicoco, Cabarete for the Saturday night buffet - great value, staff and super puddings

La Costera, Pedro Clisante, Sosua

Morua Mai for a special dinner

La Roca, Sosua has been good value for years if you are resident. Some people find it doesn't agree with them but I've had no problems

Chinese in Cabarete

Sandro's in Cabarete for Dominican lunch

Used to love Casanova, Cabarete for Happy Hour pizza and pasta but was disappointed last time. May have improved again.

Afternoon Tea etc - Joy's new place near the Ayuntamiento, Sosua (road where Super Super is), just past Remax Coral Bay RE.

Best new addition: Acuarela, just in the entrance to Callejon de la Lomas, on the opposite side of the highway from Ocean Dream and just across from Bliss (budget doesn't run to Bliss, but hear it's good)

LaMoreniita · #10 03-30-2009, 06:05 PM

Acuarela is my new favorite restaurant in Cabarete (situated right at the entrance to Callejon de la Loma.) The chef is the old one from Villa Taina...
They're only 2 in the kitchen (3 with the one making pizza), and believe me, they make great food, especically for the price!

Aaaay, I miss Cabarete!!